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SAW HANDLE. No. 294,164. PatentedPebLZG, 1884.

WITNES'S'ES: I i jJV'VE/VTOR v I .tlttom 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

MOSES E. TRUE, or BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

SAW-HAN DLE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,164, dated February 26, 1884.

Application filed January 3, 1884. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MOSES E. TRUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Batavia, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improve ments in handles for'cross cut-saws; and it consists in providing a handle with a loose ferrule havingtwo or more sets of lips or braces, which extend down on each side of the saw-blade, the slots between each set of 1i ps-or braces being made of different sizes to accommodate saw-blades varying in thickness and width. In the handles heretofore used, the loose ferrule was only provided with a notch on its under side, which did not brace the saw, and left all the strain on the clampin elevation.

ing-rod. My invention overcomes this difficulty, and the same ferrule can be used with different-sized saws, the particular construction of which I will now describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the sawhandle, with the lower part of the loose ferrule Fig. 2 is a perspective of the loose ferrule. Fig. 3 is a detail, and Fig. 4. a modification.

Referring to said drawings, A is a hollow saw-handle; B, a nut inserted in said handle, the top of which is plugged after the nut is inserted.

C'isa slotted clamping-rod having ascrewthreaded end which screws into the nut B.

D is the saw-blade.

E is a stationary ring or ferrule made of malleable iron, having a hollow center, and the lugs a around said center.

F is a loose ferrule having a hollow center, and is secured to the stationary ferrule by the lugs a. Said loose ferrule is provided with lips or braces 12 and c, which engage with the sides of the saw-blade and slots (1 and e between said braces b and c, the slots diametrically'opposite each other being of the same size. One set of slots d between the braces b are made wider and deeper than the slots 6 between the braces c, to accommodate a largersized saw blade. By this arrangement the ferrule can be used with saws of different sizes, and at the same time be provided with braces which engage with the sides of the sawblade and relieve the strain on the clampingrod.

To adjust the handle, the saw is inserted in the slotted clamping-rod, which is screwed up into the nut B until the top of' the saw-blade enters one set of slots in the loose ferrule, said ferrule being turned until slots of the proper .until the braces engage with the sides of the saw-blade, and the top of said blade touches the bottom of the slots.

A modification of my invention is shown in Fig. 4, in which there are several sets of slots of different sizes.

I am aware that saw-handles have been used having a slotted clamping-rod screwing into a nut inserted in said handle and provided with a stationary ferrule and a loose ferrule having a notch 011 its under side to engage with the top of the saw-blade. This I do not claim; but

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a saw-handle, the'nut B, slotted clampingrod 0, stationary ferrule E, having the lugs 01, in combination withthe loose ferrule F, having the braces 12 and c, and provided with sets of slots of different sizes, so arranged that the slots diametrically opposite each other are of the same size, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES E. TRUE. Witnesses:

,IVIIRA SELDoN, SAFFORD E. NORTH. 

